Hello everybody, checking the mail list archives of this list, I just found that we discussed these two soldiers at lenght in August 2001. How memory fades, but the archives prevail. Cheers, John Merz ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Merz" <hessian@sympatico.ca> To: <Coastkid917@aol.com>; <AMREV-HESSIANS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: Re: John Eudy & John Mellis, Leyden, Franklin, MA > Hello Louise, > that is a pleasant surprise to hear from you so soon. > I did some checking in the meantime at Google and luck was with me, > I found a 1790 census of heads of households of Leyden, Mass. > and here he was Johann UHDE as: > > ODEY, John, 1 male, 1 male under 16, and 3 females. > There is also one BRIGGS, Zadok and two more Brigs. > There is also one MELLISH, John with one male and 3 females. > > Try http://www.google.com and ask for Leyden, MA and there is > quite a bit about that town just inside or north of Greenfield. > >